Improved broom



brush, or other material of which the broom is Nital/STATES Azrnsrr o. w. KELLOGG, ornrro'n, wiseonsin.

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To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

. Be it' known that I, O. W. KELLOGG, of lRipon, in the county of Fonddu Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and u'seful Improvement in Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact Vdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make andv use the same, reference beingv had to thev accompanying drawing, formi-ngpart of this specification. The drawing, consisting of only one igufe, shows a broom made accordingto my invention.

This invention consists 'in making a broom for household and other uses by securing the handle in the upper and smaller end of a metallic holder, and the brush or other mate rial composing the sweeping-surface rin the other end. y

A is a broom-han d,lernade of wood or other4 suitable material, which is received into the socket B of the metallic holder C, and Asecured by rivets a, or by screws or other suitabie de? vices. The socket B is to be of such a form as is most convenient for tting the handle A therein. v.

The lower part of the holder increases in diameter toward its bottom, where it is made wide enough to receive the butts of the to be made.

The lower part of the holder may have the shape of the `frustum of'acone, or it may be flattened ont, as shown in this example, in

1 which als@ the, sides d 'a only' win be inclined.

the opposite sides lying in planes which are tangential to the corresponding sides of the socket B. i

The lower edge of the holder is perforated with numerous holes, b, on all itsfsides, to receive twine c, or'other fastenin tain the brush D in the holder.

The brush is applied by inserting the butts thereof upward Within the holder, and they are secured and fastened therein by the twine I c ais-fast as they are insertedl until the holder is full and the sweeping surface or brush-has sucien't bodyor density for the use required of it.

vWhen the brush of the broom or any part of it becomes worn out, it maybe replaced by removing that which isworn and inserting freshl material, which issecured in the holder in the manner above explained.

I disclaim the invention claimedby Thomas H. Powers lin his Letters Patent datedfMay 13,1856,and also that claimed by Charles Tuyford in hisLetters Patent dated March 29,

1864; but,

Having thus described my improvement in brooms, what I claim therein as new, and, de-

sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-l The broom above described, as a new and improved articleof manufacture.

p O. W. KELLOGG,r Witnesses:

E. U., KELLOGG,

R. W. MOREHOUSE., 

